FReeper Canteen ~ FReeper Canteen Kids Wednesday ~ Proud To Be A Military Brat! ~ 15FEB06

Hi! I'm The Sailor and MoJo's youngest son. My nickname at home is *Tibby*. You've probably seen my older brother, hotstreak, before. I'm 6 years old and currently in First Grade.

See the big guy pictured above? Do you know him who he is? If you like the NBA, you'll know it's Shaquille O'Neal.

He, hotstreak, and myself are part of a special community. We're proudly known as *military brats*. His father was in the Army while our Dad is in the Navy.

Military brat is an informal term for a child who has one or more parents who serves or served full-time in the military. It implies that such an upbringing is different in important ways from that experienced by those in the community at large, and can be an insult or a compliment, depending on the context. Although brat is usually taken to mean a spoiled child, military brats are usually considered more disciplined than their stateside peers.

Click here for a neat story about him and one of our heroes.

Other famous *Military Brats*

Johnny Damon
Kathy Lee Gifford
Mia Hamm
Crystal Kay
Kris Kristofferson
Martin Lawrence
Shawn Michaels
Jim Morrison
Nelly
Priscilla Presley
Jeri Ryan
Blair Underwood
Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr.
Lionel Richie
Victoria Principal
Mary-Louise Parker
Mitch Pleggi
Hunter "Patch" Adams
Christina Aguilara
Jessica Alba
Leslie M. Alexander
Michael J. Alexander
Ray Allen
America
Michael Anderson
Rick Atkinson B Barbara Babcock
Alonzo Babers
Kendall Baker
Bob Barr
Sarah Bird
John Blaha
Susan Blakely
Neal Boortz
Deborah Bryant
LeVar Burton C Julia Campbell
James Carroll
John Casper
Eddie Cheever
James Clapper
Glenn Close
Henri Cole
Pat Conroy
Donald G. Cook
Deedee Corrandini
Vivian Crea
Robert Davenport
Diane Mott Davidson
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.
John Denver
Faye Dunaway
Ann Dunwoody
Robert Duval
Michael J. Fox
*Some of these folks were schooled overseas with military brats or themselves military brats.

*More info here.

Are you a military brat?
Where have you lived?
Did you go to school overseas?
Do you still keep in touch with those friends?

Thank you to all of our Troops, Veterans, and family members.
Thank you to our fellow military brats! We're everywhere!!

Maybe they're mad at you.....

321 posted on 02/15/2006 5:41:30 AM PST by tomkow6 (Canteen CooCoo Consultant, and CookingWithLARD.com person Lard greases the way for tomorrow)

Good Morning E.G.C.
Going good, how are you?
Hugs

322 posted on 02/15/2006 5:41:53 AM PST by trussell (Work for God...the retirement benefits are great!)

323 posted on 02/15/2006 5:41:59 AM PST by tomkow6 (Canteen CooCoo Consultant, and CookingWithLARD.com person Lard greases the way for tomorrow)

324 posted on 02/15/2006 5:42:28 AM PST by acad1228

((HUGS))Good morning, Beach.

Well, aside from the Windows Update and that today is Norton Update Day. Not much going on. It's forecast to hit the upper 60's today.

325 posted on 02/15/2006 5:42:35 AM PST by E.G.C.

To: tomkow6; bentfeather

Oh? What kind of crab? Blue crab? Alaska King crab? Horseshoe crab? Crab cake?

326 posted on 02/15/2006 5:43:44 AM PST by beachn4fun (“Americans never quit.” ~ General Douglas Macarthur (1880 - 1964))

No sugar? Garsh! That's easily fixed. Coming right up

327 posted on 02/15/2006 5:45:29 AM PST by beachn4fun (“Americans never quit.” ~ General Douglas Macarthur (1880 - 1964))

What are you trying to say? :)

+ more

LOL

328 posted on 02/15/2006 5:45:37 AM PST by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, Past, Present and Future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)

Good morning and ((HUGS)) T

329 posted on 02/15/2006 5:46:52 AM PST by beachn4fun (“Americans never quit.” ~ General Douglas Macarthur (1880 - 1964))

330 posted on 02/15/2006 5:48:04 AM PST by beachn4fun (“Americans never quit.” ~ General Douglas Macarthur (1880 - 1964))

331 posted on 02/15/2006 5:48:41 AM PST by tomkow6 (Canteen CooCoo Consultant, and CookingWithLARD.com person Lard greases the way for tomorrow)

332 posted on 02/15/2006 5:50:25 AM PST by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, Past, Present and Future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)

Good Morning MoJo and Tibby!

Wonderful thread!:)

{{{{HUGS}}}}

333 posted on 02/15/2006 5:51:17 AM PST by Mrs.Nooseman

Good Morning Trussell :)

Did you get snow yet?

334 posted on 02/15/2006 5:52:08 AM PST by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, Past, Present and Future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)

To: beachn4fun; tomkow6

He means a crabby crab! Boy, and after all I have done for him. For years I have taken his insults, his trashy pictures assaulting my delicate eyes. Day after day, I tell ya beach, it's enough to make a woman sob.

I gotta go make pancakes. Need something to soothe the long day.

335 posted on 02/15/2006 5:53:37 AM PST by Soaring Feather (~www.proudpatriots.org~Supporting Our TROOPS~)

To: StarCMC; MS.BEHAVIN; LUV W; Fawnn; Lady Jag; Mrs.Nooseman; laurenmarlowe; GummyIII; GodBlessUSA; ...

The Elf and the Wrenn joined the Knight once again,
on the eve of their desperate quest,
to save the day, for the Queen of the Fey
and her rescue at the Lady’s behest.

But the three good friends whom on each they depend,
for this quest they weren’t going alone,
for as a matter of course, came a small fighting force
to lay siege to the castle of stone.

The three rode before this small group for war,
the sorceress, the Elf and the Knight,
with a elvish war band upon their left hand,
and the Leprechaun Guard on their right.

The host rode forward with horns sounding onward
on the path where they followed the Knight,
who led the way beneath the flag of the Fey,
a green banner with a star shining bright.

The Archer’s eyes, were bright as the skies
as she watched as the Knight rode to war,
the Champion blade on his lap he had laid
and had a look she had not seen before.

She rode up close, a question to pose
to her close and confidante friend,
”It’s silent you stay, but your eyes do betray
your thoughts are ever just ‘round the bend.”

”For when fighting is done, and the battle is won,
it’s the next fight you’re planning to face,
it’s always been so, tell me, why must you go
to meet battle at such a swift pace?”

The Knight looked instead, as he turned his head
down the road to the enemy’s haunt,
his shoulders were square, but the look in his stare
was the look of a soul that was gaunt.

“You know this is true, that before I met you,
I fought few battles to mind,
but together we fight, by day or by night,
your heart and mine of a kind.”

The Elf said to him with a slight pretty grin,
”Tell me something I’ve not heard you say,
for even I, a Queen’s Ranger, haven't seen this much danger,
why always put yourself in harm’s way?”

”I must know the truth, and must give the world proof,”
he replied after a moment more,
”that with all of my heart, as I stand apart,
am I truly worthy of war?”

”Now, glory, you’ve been told, is for the young and the bold,
but age doesn’t quench the heart’s fire,
and 'tis a mortal blow, for renown to go
beyond reach, or recall… or desire.”

336 posted on 02/15/2006 5:53:44 AM PST by Old Sarge (In a Hole in the Ground, there Lived a Fobbit...)

Morning Beachy.

{{{HUGS}}}

337 posted on 02/15/2006 5:54:55 AM PST by Mrs.Nooseman

338 posted on 02/15/2006 5:55:11 AM PST by Mrs.Nooseman

Morning GB!!!

{{{HUGS}}}

339 posted on 02/15/2006 5:55:44 AM PST by Mrs.Nooseman

Morning Trussell!!!

{{{HUGS}}}

340 posted on 02/15/2006 5:56:24 AM PST by Mrs.Nooseman

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